Das Kleine Formenalphabet (The Small Form Alphabet)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1922
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 24.7 × 15.7 cm (9 3/4 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 23 cm (13 7/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Georg Muche
Artist
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Georg Muche was a German painter and textile designer whose work bridged Expressionism and geometric abstraction. A key figure at the Bauhaus from 1920 to 1927, he developed a distinctive approach to color theory and compositional harmony that influenced the school's pedagogical methods. His paintings combine bold, flattened forms with a restrained palette, while his textile designs extended these principles into applied practice. After leaving the Bauhaus, Muche continued to work across painting, printmaking, and design until his death in 1987.
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On the Table (Auf dem Tisch) from Masters' Portfolio of the Staatliches Bauhaus (Meistermappe des Staatlichen Bauhauses)
1923 · Etching from a portfolio of three lithographs, three woodcuts and two etchings
Sternbild (Cogito Ergo Credo) (Constellation (I Think Therefore I Believe))
1922 · Etching in black on buff wove paper
Tierkopf
1921 · Etching in black on paper
Reflection: the Weaving Workshop in the Ball
1921 · Gelatin silver print
Self-Portrait
1921 · Gelatin silver print
Hand and Heart
1921 · Etching in black on paper
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- Georg Muche
- Year
- 1922
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 24.7 × 15.7 cm (9 3/4 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 23 cm (13 7/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1922-095325
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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